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May 17, 2016

Why Won’t American Jews Learn Hebrew? Because They Don’t Want to.

A response to Dara Horn.

The novelist Dara Horn recently chided American Jews for their reluctance to learn their ancestral tongue, arguing that they are daunted by an unspoken assumption that it is somehow unlearnable. Responding, Michael Weingrad takes a different tack:

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May 17, 2016

  1. John Kerry Impersonates the Iranian Chamber of Commerce

    Drumming up business for the ayatollahs.

  2. How Egypt and Israel Saved Their Alliance

    Its future is up to the Egyptian public.

  3. Israel at 68: Flourishing Despite Everything

    By the numbers.

  4. The Joseph Story’s Surprising Assyrian Parallel

    Meet King Essarhaddon.

  5. Why Won’t American Jews Learn Hebrew? Because They Don’t Want to.

    A response to Dara Horn.